POLITICS & POLICY

The strategy revived business confidence unlike other economies that are still struggling with recessionary trends.

New South Wales Labor leader Luke Foley admitted that he had been convicted of drink-driving on two occasions.

The fight over the Arctic gets hotter.

The GCSB had been facing criticism over alleged efforts by the government to mount domestic surveillance.

The U.S. presidential election is almost two years away, but political season has started with several politicians signifying their intent to replace U.S. President Barack Obama in the White House in 2017. One of the presidential wannabees, former Fox News commentator and ex-Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee, has started talking dirty by criticising the Obamas' parenting style, particularly allowing their daughters Malia and Sasha to listen to singer Beyonce.

Falklands may become a flash point if the arms-race intensifies.

Another Canadian energy company has been forced to announce a looming jobs cut as well as reduction in its planned spending budget this year due to the plunging crude oil prices.

NSW MP Fred Nile says the male hostages who fled the scene of the Sydney Siege are not worthy to receive bravery awards.

The Melbourne man is known to be a sympathiser of Middle Eastern extremist forces.

Groups wanting to sink the former HMCS Annapolis would need to wait until an injunction is heard on Jan 27.

Congested public places are easy carriers of this deadly viral disease.

The U.S. says Russia remains committed to the shared goal of denuclearization in North Korea despite Moscow's invitation to Kim Jong-un to visit the country in May.

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is urging others to call ISIS as "Daesh", a term which the group apparently hates. Australians are told to delete a fake email containing malicious files.

France has approved to extend to another four months its participation in the airstrike campaign against the ISIS.

New Zealand is taking on the mafia-like fishing syndicates to preserve the fishery stock in Southern Ocean.

Economic concerns should not relegate sensitive ecological issues to the background.

Following the Paris attacks, two non-religious groups have called on the New Zealand government to scrap its blasphemy law because it has become redundant.

NATO said the situation in eastern Ukraine seems to be improving.

Canada police has arrested a third terror suspect.

The convicted paedophile, 72, ran a language academy in Vietnam in Vietnam where he died overnight.

A former U.S. official has warned of ISIS-inspired terror attacks in the U.S. unless Pres. Obama does something about it.

Cuba has complied to the terms of its agreement with the U.S., the State Department said.a

There is all round cheer in the tourism industry and that is percolating to the hotel sector as well.

The programme envisages cost reduction and making the system more lean and sharp.

A new report by the U.S. State Department said the country's responsibly trying to fulfill its obligations under the New START Treaty, while Russia isn't.

This is an innovative partnership that can ease exploration of Mars.

Plunging oil prices is here to stay for sometime, affecting future investment plans for companies in the energy sector as well as their respective earnings' forecasts.

The U.S. Navy has been requested by the British Ministry of Defence to help find a suspected Russian submarine that was spotted near Scotland.

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